Sentences with phrase «cause damage to the spinal cord»

This can cause damage to the spinal cord, a condition called myelopathy, or pinch nerves as they exit the spinal canal (radiculopathy).

The body experiences a great deal of force during a car accident, which can cause damage to the spinal cord.

The force of impact during a truck accident is sufficient to cause damage to the spinal cord.

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a crippling infection that can cause irreversible damage to the brain and spinal cord causing paralysis.

Researchers at Geron, meanwhile, had successfully derived neurons from human embryonic stem cells and were pursuing research that would eventually look to repair the damage caused by spinal - cord injuries, a possible use for embryonic stem cells that was much touted at the time.

But applying this method to humans would require multifunctional implants that could be installed for long periods of time on the spinal cord without causing any tissue damage.

These stroke - related alterations in the cervical spinal cord indicate pervasive and long - lasting BSCB damage that would severely affect spinal cord function, wrote the researchers, adding that the widespread microvascular impairment in the gray and white matter of the cervical spinal cord aggravated motor neuron deterioration and had the potential to cause motor dysfunction.

A team of researchers at the University of South Florida investigating the short and long - term effects of ischemic stroke in a rodent model has found that stroke can cause long - term damage to the blood - spinal cord barrier (BSCB), creating a «toxic environment» in the spinal cord that might leave stroke survivors susceptible to motor dysfunction and disease pathology.

These problems are caused by a type of white blood cells called T cells that, after becoming activated, find their way into the brain and attack the protective covering — myelin — of neurons in the brain and spinal cord, causing inflammation and damage to the central nervous system.

A particular type of macrophage known as microglia are found throughout the brain and spinal cord — in progressive forms of MS, they attack the CNS, causing chronic inflammation and damage to nerve cells.

The face is cut and bruised by direct impacts, but damage to the brain is caused largely by rotational acceleration of the cerebral cortex around the much smaller midbrain and spinal cord.

Friedreich's ataxiais an inherited disease that causes progressive damage to the nervous system, resulting in symptoms ranging from gait disturbance to speech problems; it can also lead to heart disease and diabetes.The ataxia of Friedreich's ataxia results from the degeneration of nerve tissue in the spinal cord, in particular sensory neurons essential (through connections with the cerebellum) for directing muscle movement of the arms and legs.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have defined for the first time a key underlying process implicated in multiple sclerosis (MS)-- a disease that causes progressive and irreversible damage to nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.

Hello, I have a syndrome called progressive Mylopathy caused by a artery that had surrounded my spinal cord causing damage to my nerves below the waist affecting my walking bladder & many muscle groups around the perinium, resulting in pain sitting down.

SM causes a wide variety of neuropathic symptoms due to damage and degeneration of the spinal cord.

Likewise, conscious stimulation of effort to move legs from the brain causes the nerves of the spinal cord to fire, releasing the same chemicals that can stimulate the local stem cells to heal the damaged spinal cord.

The increased pressure and pooling of cerebrospinal fluid may cause irritation and damage to the spinal cord, resulting in symptoms of neck scratching, headache, and in rare cases, paralysis.

Of especial importance will be any recent injuries, trauma, falls or other high impact events that could have caused damage to your cat's spinal cord.

Heartworms in cats may even migrate to the brain, eye and spinal cord, causing organ damage as they travel.

Spinal or brain tumours, intervertebral disc disease («slipped disc»), lumbo - sacral stenosis (narrowing of the spinal canal), and fibrocartilaginous embolic myelopathy (a piece of disc material plugs a blood vessel causing spinal cord damage) can all lead to hind end paresis or paraSpinal or brain tumours, intervertebral disc disease («slipped disc»), lumbo - sacral stenosis (narrowing of the spinal canal), and fibrocartilaginous embolic myelopathy (a piece of disc material plugs a blood vessel causing spinal cord damage) can all lead to hind end paresis or paraspinal canal), and fibrocartilaginous embolic myelopathy (a piece of disc material plugs a blood vessel causing spinal cord damage) can all lead to hind end paresis or paraspinal cord damage) can all lead to hind end paresis or paralysis.

A subset of back injuries, a spinal cord injury is when damage to the spinal cord is severe enough to cause full or partial loss of sensation and motor control.

The vertebrae in the spine are damaged, and this causes the spinal cord to twist, bend, or be completely severed.

Passengers who suffer serious injuries (head injury, spinal cord injury, fractures, etc.) may also be able to seek compensation from the parties that are responsible for causing the accident by hiring a lawyer to start a lawsuit for damages.

These types of accidents can cause fractures of the hip, spinal cord trauma, arm and hand fractures, permanent damage to the knees and even brain injury.

It may be a minor fender bender that only causes minor damage to a vehicle, or it may be a high - speed freeway accident that leaves a victim suffering from brain or spinal cord injury that will impact the rest of his or her life.

If you or a loved one suffered an injury to the spinal cord in an auto or truck accident caused by someone else's negligence, you may be entitled to compensation for medical expenses, lost wages, pain and suffering, and / or punitive damages for accidents caused by severe negligence by a driver.

Damage to a person's spinal cord can cause catastrophic, life - changing injuries.

The spinal cord is responsible for transmitting signals from your brain throughout your body, and any disruption to that signal can cause serious and potentially irreparable damage to the rest of your body, depending on the site of the injury.

Any spinal cord injury has the potential to cause catastrophic, life - changing damage to the victim.

A severe impact can cause not only damage to the soft tissues in the neck or back, but can also cause a more devastating spinal cord injury that holds lifetime side effects and impairment.

Incomplete spinal cord injuries do not cause total damage to the vertebrae and nerves in that portion of the spine and a person may still have feeling or motor functions available even after a serious injury.

If your personal injury caused you to incur damage to your head or spinal cord, you may require the medical attention of a neurologist.

When these bicycle accidents did not prove fatal, common bicycle injuries for Florida bicyclists include trauma that causes back pain and neck pain, damage to internal organs, head and brain injuries, spinal cord injury and broken bones.

If you suffered a spinal cord injury in a car accident and believe your injury was caused by another's action or failure to act, you may be able to recover damages for your losses.

Damage to the spinal cord has been known to cause significant nerve damage, and in more serious cases, result in partial or complete paraDamage to the spinal cord has been known to cause significant nerve damage, and in more serious cases, result in partial or complete paradamage, and in more serious cases, result in partial or complete paralysis.

This is much more likely to cause multiple bone fractures, severe traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injuries that result in paralysis, organ damage, and more.

It is usually caused by damage to the spinal cord below the neck.

The car crash could immediately cause the vertebrae to be damaged, it could threaten the spinal cord, and could cause a number of other problems in the neck.

Spinal cord injury occurs when there is trauma that causes damage to cells within the spinal cord or severs the nerves that relay signals from the body to the Spinal cord injury occurs when there is trauma that causes damage to cells within the spinal cord or severs the nerves that relay signals from the body to the spinal cord or severs the nerves that relay signals from the body to the brain.

A complete injury occurs when the spinal cord is severed, causing paralysis to areas of the body below the injury site; in an incomplete injury, the spinal cord is damaged, but there is still some sensation or motor function below the injury site.

a. Injury to vertebral body that causes damage in spinal cord b. Skull (excluding nose and teeth) c. Pelvis d. Chest (all ribs and breast bone) e. Shoulder (shoulder blade and collar bone) f. Arm g. Leg h. Vertebra — vertebral arch excludes coccyx i. Wrist (collies or like fractures) j. Ankle (Potts or similar fracture) k. Coccyx l. Hand m. Finger n. Foot o. Toe p. Nasal bone